In order to have an informed opinion, I'd have to know the evidence for and against, and not just vague 12-year-old memories. Let me get back to you in a couple of years!

Montesquieu: I don't think we did. We also didn't do your more recent Manteuffel Fidamire write-up, or my findings on Trenck, Leopold, and Fredersdorf and the Trachenbergs.